On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Stephen Reed wrote: > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > What I don't like about Cell is lack of 8 bit and 16 bit integer data types > > in SPU SIMD. I'm also missing discussion on whether the SPUs are connected > > by > > a crossbar (there might be no need for it, if the internal bus is really > > fast > > and wide), and which signalling interconnect Cell clusters will use. I'm > > really > > hoping they will ship a flavor with a torus network a la Blue Gene (will > > there be Cell Blue Gene?) >
Here are links to Cell articles written by an attendee at the ongoing semiconductor conference: http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/cell-1.ars http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/cell-2.ars -Steve -- =========================================================== Stephen L. Reed phone: 512.342.4036 Cycorp, Suite 100 fax: 512.342.4040 3721 Executive Center Drive email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, TX 78731 web: http://www.cyc.com download OpenCyc at http://www.opencyc.org =========================================================== ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
